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Can you reduce the size of a forehead by bossing & treating it by pressure?

Salem MohammedAug 1, 2017
Am a dentistry student & I suffer from forehead borssing which really embarrasses me in my social life , in dentistry (ortho treatment )we studied that in the place of where pressure is applied on the bony arch of the jaws there will be bone resorbtion ( due to continuous pressure ) , so will this be also applicable to forehead bone ? I mean if i applied pressure on my forehead for several days in row will it reduce my forehead brossing ? If not what can I don for now temporary to remove this

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